24 Festive Tasks: Door 14 - St. Nicholas' Day / Sinterklaas: Task 1

11:01 pm 19 December 2019

The Oxford Companion to the Book - Michael F. Suarez, H.R. Woudhuysen

The Henry Irving Shakespeare (8 Volume Set) - Henry Irving, Frank A. Marshall, William Shakespeare

Prefaces to Shakespeare - Harley Granville Barker

The Complete Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage, Life of Greece, Caesar and Christ, Age of Faith, Renaissance, Age of Reason Begins, Age of Louis ... and Revolution, Age of Napoleon, Reformation - Will Durant

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels - Patrick O'Brian

Die Kultur Der Renaissance In Italien - Jacob Burckhardt

Norton Anthology of Literature by Women (Boxed set, Volumes 1 and 2) - Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Various Authors

Dear Saint Nick, it would be really nice if one of these years I'd find some of these under my Christmas tree:

* The Oxford Companion to the Book

* The Henry Irving Shakespeare editions (all 8 volumes)

* Granville Barker's Prefaces to Shakespeare (the complete set)

* Will and Ariel Durant's History of Civilization (all 11 volumes)

* Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey / Maturin novels (all 20 volumes completed by O'Brian -- I can do without the unfinished 21st one)

* Jacob Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

* ... and last but not least, the two-volume Norton Anthology of Literature by Women

(Task: Write a book wish list to St. Nick / Santa Claus for books that you’ve been eyeing but can’t justify the expense of purchasing. (E.g., art books? Collector’s editions? Boxed sets?))

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